Publications by authors named "G Ciravolo"
Background/objectives: Endometriosis (END) is a painful gynecological condition. Clinical examination, imaging, and laparoscopy can provide a definitive diagnosis of END. Nonetheless, non-invasive biomarkers could help enhance and streamline the diagnostic process.
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- Cervical cancer poses a major health risk for younger women, and tools like cold knife (CK) and carbon dioxide (CO) laser conization are used to treat pre-invasive lesions with the intent to cure incidental cervical cancer cases.
- A study involving 1,270 women showed that CO laser conization had a significantly lower rate of positive margins compared to CK conization (4.3% vs. 13.3%).
- Both techniques demonstrated similar oncological safety in cases of incidental cervical cancer diagnosis, with no recurrences noted after an average follow-up period of 53 months, and CO laser conization generally proved more effective at achieving clean margins.
Background: Almost 10% of women in reproductive age are diagnosed with ovarian endometriomas and can experience symptoms and infertility disorders. Ovarian endometriomas can be treated with medical or surgical therapy.
Objective: To assess whether long-term therapy with dienogest or oral cyclic estrogen-progestogens is effective in reducing the size of ovarian endometriomas, alleviating associated symptoms, and reducing the requirement for surgery.
Background: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma (MA) of the vagina is a rare tumor that arises from mesonephric remnants (Wolffian) in the female genital tract. It is a neoplasm with no significant evidence about its diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and prognosis.
Methods: Systematic research of the literature was conducted in Scopus, PubMed/MEDLINE, ScienceDirect and the Cochrane Library, including observational prospective and retrospective studies, case series and case reports.
Laparoscopic Access with Optical Gasless Trocar: A Single-center Experience of 7431 Procedures.
J Minim Invasive Gynecol
February 2020
Study Objective: To analyze the complications experienced and describe laparoscopic surgery using a gasless optical trocar.
Design: A retrospective study.
Setting: A department of obstetrics and gynecology in a tertiary center in Italy.